A Sasanian Horseman on a Stucco Panel


Panel
Period: Sasanian
Date: ca. 6th–7th century A.D. (?)
Geography: Iran
Culture: Sasanian
Medium: Stucco
Dimensions: 16.5 x 18.5 in. (41.91 x 46.99 cm)
Classification: Stucco-Reliefs
Credit Line: Gift of Hagop Kervorkian, 1940
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Accession Number: 40.58



Referenced as figure 339 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
339. Stucco plaque, 7th-8th centuries AD, Umayyad (? ) Metropolitan Museum no, 40.58, New York (Thorn F).
See "Bayḍah Helmets" by David Nicolle



See also Sasanian and Central Asian Plates
Floor painting with hunting scene, Umayyad, Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi c.724-43AD
Persian Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers


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